Dozens of times in the last decade, I've encountered information security tropes about cyber-espionage, usually accompanied by a pair of…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_10984" align="alignnone" width="800"] A YouTube video from North Dakota’s new Gov. Doug Burgum. More of the same about Standing…
From: Affinity
I've been away for a while -- my beloved has been away for over a week (felt like longer), and…
From: Pharyngula
The daily reports of murders are bad enough but I think that people are struck with a particular horror when…
From: Mano Singham
In a pair of posts over at Evolution News and Views, David Klinghoffer waxes hyperbolic about the 2009 demotion and 2011 layoff of…
From: Fierce Roller
In the previous post, we focused on how you can use the principle of analogy to conclude that if something…
From: Jonathan's Musings
The scientific conversation about race gets horribly warped in translation to the public -- in general, a few right-wing crank…
From: Pharyngula
If there is one thing that people should know does not work, it is prayer. Religious people pray for things…
From: Mano Singham
I already explained why I wanted to design a new course: because I was getting stuck in a rut of…
From: Pharyngula
According to this report in Bloomberg News, solar-energy is now becoming the cheapest form of new energy. A transformation is…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_10984" align="alignnone" width="800"] A YouTube video from North Dakota’s new Gov. Doug Burgum. More of the same about Standing…
From: Affinity
https://youtu.be/M9GtQcllVGc The best carols I have heard in a long time. It's interesting to watch the faces of the listeners.…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_10976" align="alignnone" width="800"] Trent Bennett (Malvern Hig School).[/caption] Facebook, Oh Facebook XIV. A Science teacher in Arkansas has been…
From: Affinity
Very random post. Current mood: Hurt - Johnny Cash Target mood: Get up - Korn and Skrillex This…
From: Primate Chess
[caption id="attachment_10958" align="alignnone" width="800"] Skinheads enact Nazi salutes (Shutterstock).[/caption] Awwww, look, all the little nazis want to have a ball…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_10955" align="alignnone" width="800"] Carl Paladino (WGRZ).[/caption] Remember Carl Paladino? Paladino recently shrugged off his own son's condemnation of his…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_10930" align="alignnone" width="543"] Reddit.[/caption] "Make America Great Again." That phrase presupposes there are great people who happen to be…
From: Affinity
The scientific conversation about race gets horribly warped in translation to the public -- in general, a few right-wing crank…
From: Pharyngula
And why couldn't Carol Everett be one of them? This parody video was funny until they show that those words…
From: Thoughts of Crys
I'm gettin' real tired of tedious "gender critical" horseshit. The latest flapping firehose to hit my feed on this topic is…
From: Against the Grain
[caption id="attachment_10945" align="alignnone" width="800"] Catholics burning Protestants, a fine old Christian tradition.[/caption] Christians just love the idea of persecution. Generally…
From: Affinity
In the previous post, we focused on how you can use the principle of analogy to conclude that if something…
From: Jonathan's Musings
If there is one thing that people should know does not work, it is prayer. Religious people pray for things…
From: Mano Singham
The phony 'War on Christmas' has been one of the most ridiculous frenzies that grip right-wing Christians and politicians and…
From: Mano Singham
One strong stereotype about the African-American community is that they are one of the most religious ethnic groups. There is…
From: Mano Singham
[caption id="attachment_13" align="alignright" width="122"] Jean Meslier[/caption] Did not a famous theologian recognize the absurdity of admitting the existence of a…
From: Stderr
Sharia courts in Britain ? Yes there are Sharia courts in United Kingdom. This is what Wikipedia say about it.…
From: Nastik Deliberations
Oh, is it possible for us atheists to be more evil? According to some, yes. The luridly purple (and highly…
From: Affinity
The Religious Reich have a Xmas wish list, one they fully expect Santa Trump to fulfill. Just the wish list…
From: Affinity
[caption id="attachment_6208" align="alignnone" width="800"] Lance Wallnau.[/caption] Lance Wallnau is on another tear, this time, about college, specifically, college professors. He…
From: Affinity
I take it all back. 2016 sucks. You know how when someone you love is in pain, and there's not…
From: Pharyngula
Now that I've decided what I'm going to teach -- Ecological Developmental Biology -- and gotten departmental and university approval…
From: Pharyngula
Very random post. Current mood: Hurt - Johnny Cash Target mood: Get up - Korn and Skrillex This…
From: Primate Chess
Carrie Fisher and I were about the same age, so I have to agree, she was too young and lively…
From: Pharyngula
... At the very thought of this horribly-named "Internet of Things" device. It's not quite as bad as the fleshlight…
From: Stderr
We got slammed with another blizzard, and are buried. We'll be stuck a day or two. From my studio window.…
From: Affinity
I usually have no qualms at all about saying "Merry Christmas", but that's all over now, thanks to a certain…
From: Pharyngula
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptP0OR-e7rI[/embed] Death to the world! Cthulhu's come: Let Earth abhor this thing. Let every mind prepare for doom, As anguish…
From: Against the Grain
Tell them you want to show them the true meaning of Christmas. Then play this video. Let them know this…
From: Pharyngula
We're being happy and excitable this year. First up, this exquisite piece of swarf, used by Rick as a wrapping…
From: Affinity
We hear a lot about how awful the year 2016 has been…but have the obituaries actually been that frequent? Greg…
From: Pharyngula
In the past I have offered an argument that goes: "there's no value to having power unless you intend to…
From: Stderr
[caption id="attachment_10945" align="alignnone" width="800"] Catholics burning Protestants, a fine old Christian tradition.[/caption] Christians just love the idea of persecution. Generally…
From: Affinity
Today’s episode is our first annual Festivus Airing of Grievances. In the tradition of Seinfeld, we’re gonna tell the world…
From: Bi Any Means
For today’s episode, I’m spending Christmas with some of my friends and fellow podcasters. I’ve got Jeremiah from The SJW…
From: Bi Any Means
[caption id="attachment_10789" align="alignnone" width="640"] The Ark is lit up with a big totally-not-gay rainbow.[/caption] Ken Ham has decorated the "ark"…
From: Affinity
The Intelligent Design creationist hit their peak sometime before 2005, and then plummeted rock-like into the depths of negligibility with…
From: Pharyngula
(From Neveragain.Tech) Our pledge We, the undersigned, are employees of tech organizations and companies based in the United States. We…
From: FREETHOUGHT RESISTANCE
I know I said I'm on blogging break, but I still want to do my monthly repost thing. This is…
From: A Trivial Knot
The exhibit is a Bill of Rights "nativity." The cutout depicts the Statue of Liberty and Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin,…
From: Affinity
Blaire White is an internet dumpster fire of transphobia, who has the dubious distinction of being the anti-trans lobbyists' token…
From: Against the Grain
Brynn Tannehill penned a piece for lgbtqnation on the ethics of disclosure for trans folk in dating, as in whether…
From: Against the Grain
I've been away for a while -- my beloved has been away for over a week (felt like longer), and…
From: Pharyngula
I'm gettin' real tired of tedious "gender critical" horseshit. The latest flapping firehose to hit my feed on this topic is…
From: Against the Grain
Watch this video. @LaurenDuca goes up against Tucker Carlson and you get to learn. It's amazing. She's confident. She calls…
From: Pharyngula
I talk to venture capitalists a fair bit because I've been involved in a bunch of start-ups and technical advisory…
From: Stderr
Details for the January 21st march on Washington are starting to precipitate. The Women’s March on Washington will convene on…
From: Against the Grain
Joe Soucheray has a few words on the recent UM football scandal. No player involved appears to have risen to…
From: Pharyngula
Covering this presents a challenge, dear readers, because I cannot possibly scrape deep enough into the lexicon of my loathing…
From: Against the Grain
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From: Against the Grain
https://youtu.be/M9GtQcllVGc The best carols I have heard in a long time. It's interesting to watch the faces of the listeners.…
From: Affinity
Categorical. adjective 1. without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial. 2. Logic. a. (of a proposition)…
From: Affinity
People, I just don't know how I can break through with this very simple message: DO NOT FEED THE FUCKING…
From: Death to Squirrels
The comic strip Pearls Before Swine has the right idea.
From: Mano Singham
... At the very thought of this horribly-named "Internet of Things" device. It's not quite as bad as the fleshlight…
From: Stderr
Often, when you love an artist, you eventually end up discovering that they really aren't a great person. This has…
Art is commentary, that's particularly true of political cartooning. Here's a small sample of how some artists have been feeling…
From: Affinity
Glenn Beck has been one of the wildest right wing media personalities, advancing all manner of bizarre theories in his…
From: Mano Singham
Well look what My Amazing Lover™ Santa brought me. #deathtosquirrels just leveled up, people. Just FYI, if you plan to…
From: Death to Squirrels
I was originally going to write this big rant on all this bullshit about "Happy Holidays" and "Merry Christmas" and…
Dozens of times in the last decade, I've encountered information security tropes about cyber-espionage, usually accompanied by a pair of…
From: Stderr
In a post a week ago I wondered about how many of the impossible promises Donald Trump made during the…
From: Mano Singham
Hold me, mommy, I'm scared. I can see where turning patriotism into a game with a score and with government…
From: Pharyngula
I don't know about you, but I'm about as terrified of what dizzying incompetence the Democrats will display as I…
From: Pharyngula
Very random post. Current mood: Hurt - Johnny Cash Target mood: Get up - Korn and Skrillex This…
From: Primate Chess
There seems to be no limit to the ambitions of politicians to create grandiose projects that have no benefits to…
From: Mano Singham
In the past I have offered an argument that goes: "there's no value to having power unless you intend to…
From: Stderr
In a bit of contract negotiation, the NYPD, which is required to deploy body cameras on cops, has announced that…
From: Stderr
Canada, aka Canuckistan, is a parliamentary representative democracy under a constitutional monarchy. Which is a really fancy way of saying…
From: Against the Grain
Glenn Beck has been one of the wildest right wing media personalities, advancing all manner of bizarre theories in his…
From: Mano Singham